{"id":737795,"date":"2026-06-15T07:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/737795\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:21:08","slug":"i-loved-being-in-winnipeg-this-was-the-dream-there-ex-jet-ehlers-on-winning-stanley-cup-with-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/737795\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I loved being in Winnipeg. This was the dream there\u2019: Ex-Jet Ehlers on winning Stanley Cup with Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Of all the signings, trades, and roster moves made by NHL teams last offseason, it\u2019s now safe to say that none worked out better than the signing of Nikolaj Ehlers by the <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/carolina-hurricanes\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>, for all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Ehlers and the Hurricanes defeated the <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/vegas-golden-knights\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> 3-0 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on Sunday, winning the second Cup in franchise history and the first of Ehlers\u2019 11-year NHL career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">The skilled, speedy winger had spent the first ten years of his career with the <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/jetsnation.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" hreflang=\"en\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a>, making the postseason seven times, often on high-powered teams that were among the heaviest Stanley Cup favorites. Unfortunately for Ehlers and the Jets, they only won four playoff series\u2019 over that time and failed to make a conference final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">After Carolina\u2019s Stanley Cup-clinching Game 6 victory, Ehlers spoke about what his time in Winnipeg still means to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">\u201cI loved being in Winnipeg. This was the dream there,\u201d an emotional Ehlers told David Amber and Elliotte Friedman on Sunday. \u201cI\u2019m obviously sad I wasn\u2019t able to do that with the guys in Winnipeg and the city of Winnipeg. They hold a special place in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">The Danish national continued to express how important the Jets\u2019 organization was in his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">\u201cTheir family, the whole organization, gave me a shot at playing in the NHL. And I couldn\u2019t be more thankful,\u201d Ehlers said. \u201cIt was a hard decision this summer. but I loved my 10 years in Winnipeg and it was a special time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tweet-body_root__YlarM\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"auto\">Nikolaj Ehlers joins <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FriedgeHNIC\" class=\"tweet-link_root__lkS8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@FriedgeHNIC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DavidAmber\" class=\"tweet-link_root__lkS8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@DavidAmber<\/a> after winning a Stanley Cup in his first season with the Hurricanes \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Carolina, who lost to the <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/florida-panthers\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Panthers<\/a> in the 2025 Eastern Conference Final, were looking for some offensive punch after last season, and identified Ehlers as someone who could help put them over the top. They were ultimate proven correct, as Ehlers had eight goals and 10 assists for 18 points in the Hurricanes\u2019 18 postseason games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Of all the signings, trades, and roster moves made by NHL teams last offseason, it\u2019s now safe to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-737795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}